Collserola wildfire extinguished after burning 54.5 hectares

Barcelona City Council has ended its municipal emergency plan after firefighters declared the Collserola fire, which began in Nou Barris on 25 August, extinguished.

Brandon Watea · 1 Sep 2026 · 2 min read

Barcelona City Council deactivated its Municipal Action Plan (PAM) on Sunday 31 August after Barcelona Fire Department declared the Collserola forest fire extinguished. The blaze started on Carretera Alta de les Roquetes, in Nou Barris, on Tuesday 25 August and affected a provisional 54.5 hectares of the Collserola Mountain Natural Park.

For residents of Torre Baró and Ciutat Meridiana, the municipal fire emergency is no longer active. Both neighbourhoods were officially deconfined through the Civil Protection ES-Alert system at 8.30am on Wednesday 26 August, while the 35 people evacuated during the fire were allowed to return home on the night of 25 August.

According to the Barcelona City Council announcement, fire crews had continued working on secondary hotspots within the fire perimeter after the PAM moved from emergency to alert status on 26 August.

Most of the burned land was within Barcelona

Rural Agents, Catalonia's environmental enforcement service, provisionally put the affected area at 54.5 hectares, chiefly woodland and scrubland. The fire crossed from Barcelona into the neighbouring municipality of Montcada i Reixac.

51.65 hectares burned in Barcelona, in the Barcelonès county.
2.85 hectares were affected in Montcada i Reixac, in Vallès Occidental.
The fire began in the Carretera Alta de les Roquetes area of Nou Barris.

Rural Agents and the Mossos d'Esquadra, Catalonia's regional police, are investigating the cause of the fire.

Emergency services used biosecurity measures

The response involved Barcelona Fire Department, Bombers de la Generalitat, Guàrdia Urbana city police, Mossos d'Esquadra, the Medical Emergency System (SEM), the municipal emergency social service CUESB, and cleaning teams.

Because Collserola is designated a high-risk area for African swine fever, biosecurity procedures were activated. Disinfection teams treated emergency vehicles and equipment used during the operation.

The Council recorded disruption to three roads, 25 bus stops and Metro line L11 while the fire was active. Residents should rely on Civil Protection ES-Alert messages and Barcelona City Council notices for any future emergency instructions.

Primary sources: ajuntament.barcelona.cat, Barcelona City Council Press Room. Reported by rtve.es, infobae.com, europapress.es, beteve.cat.